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Defenition of the word jigger

    • Defenition of the word jigger

      • A flea, Tunga penetrans, of tropical America and Africa, the impregnated female of which embeds itself in the skin, especially of the feet, of humans and animals and becomes greatly distended with eggs.
      • A person who fishes with a jig.
      • larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
      • any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
      • a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

    Synonyms for the word jigger

      • chigger
      • harvest mite
      • jiggermast
      • pony
      • redbug
      • shot glass

    Meronymys for the word jigger

      • genus Trombicula
      • Trombicula

    Hypernyms for the word jigger

      • drinking glass
      • glass
      • mast
      • trombiculid
      • trombiculiid

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